Bell Media’s Investigation Discovery Channel Rebrands as Oxygen True Crime on January 1, Becoming the Ultimate Destination for Armchair Detectives in Canada

TORONTO (December 16, 2024) – Beginning January 1, Bell Media’s Investigation Discovery channel rebrands as Oxygen True Crime in Canada, continuing to deliver captivating true crime content, and around-the-clock, grabbed-from-the-headlines, investigative programming. Bell Media recently secured a major content and licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution that brings the USA Network and Oxygen True Crime brands to Canada. Additionally, Oxygen True Crime is available to Canadians via a nationwide free preview, from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, through participating service providers across the country. Tentpole programming set to be offered on Oxygen True Crime includes:   TEXAS CHEERLEADER MURDER PLOT *Canadian Original – Documentary Premiere* Thursday, Jan. 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

• This new documentary reveals the truth behind Wanda Holloway’s arrest in Texas in 1991 for hiring a hitman to kill her daughter’s cheerleading rival.

  FORENSIC FACTOR: A NEW ERA *Canadian Original – Season 8 Premiere* Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, beginning Jan. 12

• Moving beyond the yellow tape, each episode of FORENSIC FACTOR: A NEW ERA explores a different crime scene and reveals how crime scene investigators and determined homicide detectives find, analyze, and interpret the smallest pieces of a new weekly crime scene puzzle, leading to the biggest breaks, all thanks to ground-breaking advances in forensic science.

  FEAR THY NEIGHBOUR *Canadian Original* Airing Mondays-Fridays, beginning Jan. 1 *check local listings for timing

• FEAR THY NEIGHBOUR is a one-hour docudrama series that tells the true and disturbing tales of conflicts between neighbours that spiral out of control – often culminating in tragic and violent confrontations in their living rooms, backyards, or driveway. What start as minor annoyances – like loud music, a car parked too close, or a dog misbehaving – can quickly escalate. Property lines turn into battle lines, leading to all-out fury, conflict, and even bloodshed.

  DATELINE: UNFORGETTABLE *Season 5* Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT, beginning Jan. 16

• A series of reports chosen by DATELINE correspondents that answers the question they most often get asked — what their most memorable story is and why.

  PROSECUTING EVIL WITH KELLY SIEGLER *Season 2* Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT, beginning Jan. 27

• As Chief of Special Crimes in the busiest courthouse in the Lone Star state, Kelly Siegler battled to get killers into courtrooms and faced off with their formidable defense attorneys. Along with case investigators and victims’ families, Kelly draws on her own extensive experience, the prowess of her fellow state prosecutors, and the expertise of skillful defense attorneys to go beyond the headlines and reveal how perpetrators were brought to justice: Texas style.

  NEW YORK HOMICIDE *Season 3* Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, beginning Jan. 27

• Season 3 continues to investigate murders that shook the city to its core, and the unrelenting grit shown by law enforcement, family and friends who stopped at nothing to get justice for the victims.

  SNAPPED *Seasons 27-30* Airing Mondays-Fridays, beginning Jan. 1 *check local listings for timing

• Over 33 seasons and 20 years, SNAPPED continues to fascinate armchair detectives. From socialites to secretaries, from moms to mistresses, and everything in between, the series delivers tales of ordinary and extraordinary women – of all ages and from all backgrounds – who were driven to murder. With reasons as varied as insurance payoffs, extramarital affairs or ending years of abuse, the women share one thing: they all snapped.

  DATELINE Episodes from various past seasons airing Mondays-Fridays, beginning Jan. 1 *check local listings for timing

• Airing since 1992, DATELINE is the longest-running series in NBC primetime history. Now in its 33^rd season, DATELINE features compelling mysteries, powerful documentaries, and in-depth investigations.

  Additional titles coming to Oxygen True Crime in Canada include:

• DEADLY CULTS Seasons 1 & 2;
• FLORIBAMA MURDERS;
• THE REAL MURDERS OF ATLANTA Seasons 1 & 2;
• ACCIDENT, SUICIDE, OR MURDER Seasons 1-3;
• KILLER RELATIONSHIP WITH FAITH JENKINS Seasons 1-3;
• SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLES Season 17; and
• SNAPPED: BEHIND BARS Season 1.

Other Bell Media channels rebranding on January 1 are Discovery as USA Network, Animal Planet as CTV Wild Channel, Discovery Science as CTV Nature Channel, and Velocity as CTV Speed Channel, all continuing as part of Bell Media’s impressive lineup of English-language specialty channels which also includes: CTV Sci-Fi Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Life Channel, E!, CTV News Channel, CP24, BNN Bloomberg, and Much.